Darius Allensworth and his Heritage Patriots saw their season come to an end two weeks ago in a 13-7 CIF Southern Section semifinal playoff loss to eventual champion Kaiser. It was a tough loss due to the fact that Allensworth wasn't on the field, nor were several other key Patriot players.

"As a team , we were probably at about 60 percent for that game. We were really dinged up. It was a tough way to go out. We had a strip late in the game but the refs called the runner down. So I'm proud of how we played considering all that".

Allensworth himself had missed the last few weeks dealing with a knee injury that has turned out to be more serious than anticipated...